Melaleuca ryeae is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia.

Flowering occurs in spring and is followed by fruit which are woody, cup-shaped capsules, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and usually in almost spherical clusters along the stem.

[2][3] Melaleuca ryeae was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven in Australian Systematic Botany from a specimen collected 15 km (9 mi) north of Badgingarra.

[2] This melaleuca occurs in and between the Arrino, Eneabba and Bullsbrook districts[2] in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.

[6] This species of melaleuca has been cultivated in temperate areas with winter rainfall, forming compact shrubs which are especially attractive in flower.