Calothamnus schaueri is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading, sometimes prostrate shrub, growing to a height of about 0.6m (02feet) with cylindrical leaves NaNmm long. It has brownish red flowers from August to December.[1] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[2]
Calothamnus schaueri was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[3] The specific epithet (schaueri) honours Johannes Schauer.
Calothamnus schaueri occurs near Albany in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions where it grows in swamps near granite outcrops.[4]
Calothamnus schaueri is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian government department of parks and wildlife.