It has smooth, greyish or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, creamy-white flowers and cup-shaped to conical fruit.Eucalyptus calcareana is a mallee or a small tree that typically grows to a height of about 8 metres (26.2 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

It has smooth grey, cream-coloured, white and orange bark that is shed in short ribbons.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] Eucalyptus calcareana was first formally described in 1979 by Clifford Boomsma from specimens collected near Nundroo.

[7][10] The specific epithet (calcareana) is derived from the Latin word calcareus meaning "of lime" or "limy"[11] referring to the soil type where this species grows.

[9] It is found from the east of Esperance to coastal areas of the western Eyre Peninsula.