Melaleuca barlowii

''Melaleuca barlowii'' is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is similar to a number of other Western Australian melaleucas such as ''M. conothamnoides'' with its purple pom-pom flower heads but is a more erect shrub with different leaves and the fruiting clusters have a different shape.