It is an erect shrub with curly-hairy stems, oblong to circular leaves, and dense panicles of yellow flowers.

Pomaderris vellea is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in), its stems covered with curly hairs.

[2][3][4] Pomaderris vellea was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist based on plant material collected from Torrington in New South Wales by J.L.

[5][6] The specific epithet (vellea) means "fleece" or "wool", referring to the fine, soft texture of the leaves.

[4][7] Woolly pomaderris grows in open forest on the coast and escarpments from far south-eastern Queensland to the Sydney region and inland as far as Denman in New South Wales.