[2] It is a shrub with dark green leaves and red flowers spikes tipped with yellow.

Melaleuca lazaridis is a shrub growing to 4 m (10 ft) tall with hard, fibrous bark.

Flowering occurs from June to September and is followed by fruit that are woody capsules, 4.5–5.7 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long.

[4][5] The specific epithet (lazaridis) honours Michael Lazarides, an Australian botanical collector, agrostologist and co-collector of the type specimen.

[7] This melaleuca only occurs in the Blackdown Tableland National Park, where it grows in a range of habitats but often near sandstone in open forest and along creeks.