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

Its decussate leaf arrangement and its small heads of white flowers on the sides of its branches are diagnostic.

Melaleuca pauciflora is a bushy shrub usually growing to a height of about 3 m (10 ft).

[2] Melaleuca pauciflora occurs between the Perth area and Albany in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions.

[8] This species is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.