Melaleuca dichroma is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It is unusual for its genus in that its flowers are yellow or creamy-white but age to a pinkish-red.Melaleuca dichroma is a shrub which can grow to a height of 1 m (3 ft).

[4][5] In 1999 it was raised to species status as Melaleuca virgata by Lyndley Craven and Brendan Lepschi but the name was not valid.

[3] Melaleuca dichroma occurs in the Arrino, Hill River and Moora districts in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.

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