As with the other subspecies, this one is notable for its showy flowers which are usually red but its foliage and fruits are also attractive features.Melaleuca fulgens subsp.

The fruits which follow the flowers are woody capsules, shaped like a squashed urn and arranged in alternating pairs along the stems.

[3] In 1990, in a review of the species by Kirsten Cowley, Frances Quinn, Bryan Barlow and Lyndley Craven in Australian Systematic Botany,[4] Melaleuca steedmanii was recognised as Melaleuca fulgens subsp.

[5] The specific epithet (steedmanii) honours Henry Steedman, a Scottish-born Australian botanist.

[6] It grows in heath and grassy shrubland in sand, loam or lateritic soil near granite outcrops and on sandplains.