Melaleuca brevifolia, commonly known as mallee honey-myrtle, short-leaf honey-myrtle, or d'Alton's melaleuca is a shrub or tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

They are native to western Victoria, south-eastern South Australia and the south-west of Western Australia.

Melaleuca brevifolia is a shrub growing to a height of 4 m.

The flowers are white to yellowish and their main flowering season is in Spring.

This melaleuca occurs in the Mallee, Loddon and Wimmera regions of Victoria, the south-east of South Australia and the south-west of Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.

The species is found in swampy areas, near salt lakesin heathlands and shrublands.