Eucalyptus stricta is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 5–7 m (16–23 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

It has smooth, mottled pale grey brown and pink bark, often with insect scribbles.

[2][3][4][5] Eucalyptus stricta was first formally described in 1827 by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel from an unpublished description by Franz Sieber.

[6][7] The specific epithet (stricta) is from the Latin strictus meaning"drawn together", "upright" or "straight", possibly referring to the many stems of this mallee.

It grows in heath and shrubland in shallow, sandy soils on plateaus and ridge-tops.