It has rough, short-fibred, crumbly, greyish brown bark and a trunk diameter of about 1 m (3 ft 3 in).

The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on branching peduncles in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets.

[3][4][5][6][7] Although closely related to the other tingle trees, E. brevistylis and E. jacksonii, the trunk of E. guilfoylei is not buttressed, the bark is persistent, the wood is yellow and the leaves are paler on the lower surface.

[9] Found on slopes and ridges in coastal areas of the Great Southern region where it grows in gravelly loam soils.

[3] Found between the Deep and Frankland Rivers west of Albany, on slopes and ridges of hilly country.