Eucalyptus paedoglauca is a tree that typically grows to a height of 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped capsule 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and wide with the valves near rim level.

[2][3][4] Eucalyptus paedoglauca was first formally described in 1991 by Lawrie Johnson and Donald Blaxell from material collected on Mount Stuart, near Townsville.

The description was published in the journal Telopea in a paper by Ken Hill and Johnson.

[5][4] The specific epithet (paedoglauca) is from ancient Greek, meaning "child" or "youth" and "pale blue or grey", referring to the glaucous juvenile leaves.