This looks remarkably like Kunzea baxteri (Baxter's Kunzea) since the large red flowers, leaves and buds look very similar to photos and pictures of this shrub. However Florabase hasn't recorded it from this area as it is mostly found to the north between Margaret River and Perth with the majority being near Albany.

So what else could it be?

Answers to the web site manager from expert Australian botanists would be appreciated.

Scrub by the road from Redgate beach to Margaret River 22nd August 2007

Added on 16th February 2010