It is a shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base, and small clusters of pale yellow flowers.

There are stipules 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long at the base of the leaves, but that fall off as the leaf matures.

[3] Concave pomaderris grows in woodland and shrubby forest on shallow soil in three locations south-east of Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria.

[2][3][4] Pomaderris subplicata is classified as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, and a National Recovery Plan has been prepared.

The main threats to the species include its small population size, weed invasion and grazing by rabbits and native herbivores.