Acacia pubifolia commonly known as velvet wattle,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales.

[3] Acacia pubifolia is a single-stemmed shrub or tree to 8 m (26 ft) high with dark, rough bark.

The phyllodes are elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped, straight, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long, 8–30 mm (0.31–1.18 in) wide, velvety hairy, aging to soft, erect hairs, and prominent veins from tip to base.

[2][4] Acacia pubifolia was first formally described in 1964 by Leslie Pedley and the description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.

[6] Acacia pubifolia grows on rocky granite hillsides and in loam soil in dry sclerophyll forest near Emmaville and Torrington, New South Wales.