It has rough, compacted bark on the trunk, sessile, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flower buds covered with a white, powdery bloom, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit.Eucalyptus crenulata is a tree that typically grows to a height of 10–12 m (30–40 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

The leaves on young plants and coppice regrowth are egg-shaped to heart-shaped, arranged in opposite pairs, paler on the lower surface, 20–65 mm (0.79–2.6 in) long, 15–55 mm (0.6–2 in) wide and lack a petiole.

[2][3][4][5] Eucalyptus crenulata was first formally described in 1939 by William Blakely and Wilfred de Beuzeville from a specimen collected near Buxton.

[6] The specific epithet (crenulata) is a Latin word meaning "having small, rounded teeth", referring to the scalloped leaf edges.

[7] Buxton gum grows in swampy sites in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range.