[6] The mallee typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 7 metres (5 to 23 ft) and has smooth bark.

It remains smooth but becomes a pale grey, grey-brown, white or pinkish to coppery colour with ribbons on the upper branches.

The fruit contains blackish grey seeds that are 2 to 4.5 mm (0.08 to 0.18 in) in length with a flattened-pyramidal or cuboid shape.

[8] The species name angulosa is taken from the Latin word angulosus meaning angled, referring to the branchlets and buds.

E. angulosais part of the Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus section Dumaria along with other species including E. incrassata, E. captiosa, E. singularis and E.

[7] It is found on coastal headlands and dunes as part of mallee communities along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of western Australia where it grows in white-grey sandy soils[4] often over limestone.