Melaleuca elliptica, commonly known as the granite bottlebrush is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia.

[2] It is commonly grown in gardens because of its neat foliage and showy, bright red flower spikes although it needs to be pruned regularly to avoid becoming woody and untidy-looking.

The flowers range in colour from the more usual dark red through to pinkish-cream and appear over a long period from as early as August to as late as April.

[3] Melaleuca elliptica occurs in and between the Bendering in the west, to the Ongerup district in the south and as far east as the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain.

[8] Melaleuca elliptica is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.