Melaleuca superba (Hawkeswood & Mollemans) Craven & R.D.Edwards Calothamnus superbus is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It is an erect, often spreading, straggly shrub similar to Calothamnus aridus with its red flowers having 5 stamen bundles, but its leaves are longer and wider.

[3][5] The specific epithet (superbus) is a Latin word meaning "excellent, superior or splendid", and refers to the distinctive colour of the foliage and it prominence in the area in which it occurs.

[3][6] Calothamnus superbus occurs in the Pigeon Rocks area[3] in the Coolgardie biogeographic region where it grows in pebbly sand on sandplains.

[7] Calothamnus superbus is classified as "Priority One" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife,[8] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.