Melaleuca valida (S.Moore) Craven & R.D.Edwards Calothamnus validus, commonly known as Barrens clawflower, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

The common name derives from the location, West Mount Barren, where it was found by Spencer Moore, the author of its formal description.

[1][3][4] Calothamnus validus was first formally described by Spencer Moore in 1920 in Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany from a specimen collected " in a rocky creek near West Mt.

[6] Calothamnus validus occurs in the Barren Mountains in the Fitzgerald River National Park[1] in the Esperance Plains biogeographic regions.

[8] Calothamnus validus is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian government department of parks and wildlife.