Pomaderris sericea is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in), its new growth covered with silky, golden-brown hairs.

The flowers are yellow, borne in pyramid-shaped panicles 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and wide, the floral cup, and sepals covered with whitish simple and star-shaped hairs.

[2][3][4] Pomaderris sericea was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens he collected near the upper Genoa River Victoria in 1949.

[7] Bent pomaderris is only known from small populations in New South Wales and Victoria where it is thought to grow in low shrubland, open forest or near the base of cliffs.

The main threats to the species are its small population size, limited distribution and inappropriate fire regimes.