 "Eucalyptus polybractea" is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber.It has rough, fibrous or flaky, greyish to brownish bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth greyish to brownish bark above that is shed in ribbons.Young plants and coppice regrowth have bluish to glaucous, linear to lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide.