 "Eucalyptus scoparia" was first formally described in 1905 by Joseph Maiden in "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales" from a specimen collected by John Boorman.The specific epithet is a Latin word meaning broom-like, but the allusion is obscure.Wallangarra white gum is restricted to a few mountains near the border between New South Wales and Queensland, where it grows in clefts on large granite outcrops in open forest and woodland.