Brachyloma elusum is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to a two locations in the west of Western Australia.

It is an erect, compact shrub with linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end toward the base, and red, tube-shaped flowers.

Brachyloma elusum is an erect, compact shrub that usually grows to 80 cm (31 in) high and wide and has many stems arising from its base.

[2][3] Brachyloma elusum was first formally described 2017 by Raymond Cranfield and Michael Hislop in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected east of Hyden in 2016.

[3] Brachyloma elusum is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[3] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.