Melaleuca salicina, commonly known as willow bottlebrush,[2] is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia.

Melaleuca salicina is a shrub or small tree growing to 15 m (50 ft) high with soft, pink new growth and white or grey papery bark.

[2][3][4]This bottlebrush species was first formally described in 1797 by James Edward Smith who gave it the name Metrosideros saligna in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

[12] This melaleuca occurs in New South Wales from the border with Victoria along the coast and ranges to the Biloela and Bundaberg districts in Queensland.

[13] It can be used for providing shelter and screening and is well-suited as a street tree, or for planting in parks and gardens.