Acacia echinula, commonly known as hedgehog wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to New South Wales.

Hedgehog wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. echinula
Binomial name
Acacia echinula
Occurrence data from AVH

The intricate multi-branched shrub typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has hairy branchlets with 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in) long stipules. When it blooms it produces yellow coloured flowers.[1]

It is found in eastern parts of New South Wales from around Nowra in the south to Grafton in the north on hills and plains in sandy soils often over sandstone as a part of dry sclerophyll forest communities.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Acacia echinula". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 April 2019.