Echinospartum barnadesii is a species of plant of the Fabaceae family.

Very thorny, rounded, branched shrub, forming cushions close to the ground.

Trifoliate opposite leaves, with narrowly lanceolate leaflets.

The flowers are at the end of the branches, gathered in tight clusters of 3 to 9.

and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 72: 81.