Melaleuca ostrina Craven & R.D.Edwards Eremaea purpurea is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Flowering occurs from December to January and is followed by fruits which are woody capsules which are 5.4–6.5 millimetres (0.2–0.3 in) long.

[2] Eremaea purpurea was first formally described in 1964 by Charles Gardner in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.

[4] Eremaea purpurea occurs in the Darling district in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.

[6] Eremaea purpurea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.