Calothamnus pinifolius

Melaleuca peucophylla Craven & R.D.Edwards Calothamnus pinifolius, commonly known as dense clawflower, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

[3][4] The flowers are in dense clusters, usually partly hidden by the foliage and have 4 sepals, 4 petals and 4 claw-like bundles of stamens about 25 mm (1 in) long.

[3][4][5] Calothamnus pinifolius was first formally described in 1863 by Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the third volume of Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.

[1][6] (In 2014 Lyndley Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca peucophylla.

[8]: 466 Calothamnus pinifolius occurs in the Mount Barren Range[3] in the Esperance Plains biogeographic region.

C. pinifolius (cultivated) in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
C. pinifolius foliage and flowers
C. pinifolius fruit