Melaleuca squamea, commonly known as swamp honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to south eastern parts of Australia, especially Tasmania.

It is an erect shrub growing in damp and swampy places with crowded leaves and many heads of pink to purple flowers in spring.

[5][6] They are arranged in heads or short spikes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering.

Flowering occurs in spring and is followed by fruit which are woody, almost spherical capsules, 3.5–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long.

[5] Melaleuca squamea was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen[7][8] The specific epithet (squamea) is from the Latin word squama meaning "scale",[9] referring to the bark of this species.