It has rough, thick, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish bark on the thinnest branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or cylindrical fruit.

Eucalyptus nortonii is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15–18 m (49–59 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

[2][3][4][5] Bundy was first formally described in 1934 by William Blakely who gave it the name Eucalyptus × cordieri var.

The type specimens were collected by the beekeeper Alfred Ernest Norton near Nundle.

It also occurs in central and eastern Victoria, including near Suggan Buggan and Whitfield and from Castlemaine to the Pyrenees.