It has thick, rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical or conical fruit.Eucalyptus nova-anglica is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 m (49 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

It has thick, rough, fissured, fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches.

[2][3][4] Eucalyptus nova-anglica was first formally described in 1899 by Henry Deane and Joseph Maiden who published the description in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.

[5][6] The specific epithet (nova-anglica) refers to this species' occurrence in the New England area of New South Wales.

[2] New England peppermint grows in woodland and cold, swampy flats between Stanthorpe in far southeastern Queensland to near Nowendoc in New South Wales, mainly within the New England Peppermint Grassy Woodland.