Podolobiums vary in size and
habit from upright to
prostrate forms and stems usually have soft, smooth hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, opposite or whorled, margins smooth or lobed. The leaf upper surface is covered with a network of veins, occasionally warty, edges rolled under or flat,
stipules stiff, rolled under or spreading. The
inflorescence are at the end of branches or in
racemes in leaf axils, clusters or
corymbs, with 3-lobed
bracts and usually falling off as the flower matures. The
calyx has 5 more or less equal teeth, upper two wider and joined higher up. The flower petals are clawed, standard petal at the back of the flower is more or less rounded, notched at the apex, longer than the other petals. The stamens are free, the
anthers even and the ovary stalked. The seed pods are oblong to egg-shaped. ==Taxonomy==