[1] It can bloom between July and October but most commonly between August and September and produces inflorescences that appear in groups of 5 to 18 in axillary racemes.

The flat, leathery, brown seed pods that form after flowering are more or less straight but can be slightly curved.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1825 as part of the work Leguminosae.

[2] A. falciformis is widely spread down the east coast of Australia and is present in the states of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The shrub is situated in a variety of habitat including moist rocky slopes, gullies and along watercourses often as a part of sclerophyll forest or woodland communities.