Podolepis hieracioides is an upright, glabrous or woolly, bristly, sparingly branched perennial to 70 cm (28 in) high with a single or several stems.

The basal leaves are lance or elliptic-shaped, up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long, stem-clasping, sessile and pointed at the apex.

The leaves higher on the stems are narrowly lance-shaped to linear and up to 13 cm (5.1 in) long, rough to smooth, margins flat to rolled under, basal leaves elliptic The flower heads are borne in groupings of 2–6 in a scant elongated cyme, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) in diameter and 15 mm (0.59 in) long.

Flowering occurs from December to April and the fruit is dry, one-seeded, bristly and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long.

[2][3] Podolepis hieracioides was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.