Melaleuca pityoides, commonly known as alpine bottlebrush,[2] is a plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the higher areas of south eastern Australia.

[3] It is a shrub, often occurring in dense thickets, with hard bark, silvery-grey new growth, almost cylindrical leaves and spikes of flowers that are usually a shade of yellow.

Melaleuca pityoides is a shrub growing to 3 m (10 ft) high and wide, with hard grey bark.

[9][10] He first mentioned Melaleuca pithyoides without description in 1853 in his First General Report of the Government Botanist on the Vegetation of the Colony in 1853.

It grows well in cold climates, including in the United Kingdom, preferring heavier soils and can tolerate poor drainage.