It is a spreading shrub that forms suckers, its new stems densely hairy, and has egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with irregular teeth on the edges, and groups of 22 to 28 white flowers.

[2][3][4] This species was first formally described in 2005 by Gordon Guymer who gave it the name Commersonia viscidula in the journal Austrobaileya, from specimens he collected on Mount Tinbeerwah in 1981.

[5] In 2011, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock transferred the species to Androcalva as A. viscidula in Australian Systematic Botany.

[6] The specific epithet (viscidula) refers to the sticky branchlets, leaves and flower parts of this species.

[3][7] Androcalva viscidula grows in a variety of habitat from heathland to forest, from the Woowoonga Range in south-eastern Queensland to Bulga on the Central Coast of New South Wales.