Acacia eremophiloides is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Queensland.
The resinous, glabrous shrub typically grows to a height of and has slender branchlets. The evergreen phyllodes are patent to erect and have a linear shape that can be shallowly incurved. The phyllodes have a length of and a width of and narrow toward the base and have a prominent midrib and margins.
The shrub produces simple inflorescences occurring singly or in pairs in the axils. The spherical flower-heads contain 20 to 30 golden coloured flowers. The linear cinnamon brown seed pods that form after flowering are convex over the seeds and are up to in length and wide. The pods contain longitudinally arranged seeds with a length of .[1]
The species was first formally described by the botanists Leslie Pedley and P.I.Forst on 1986 as part of the work Acacia eremophiloides (Mimosaceae) A new species from south-eastern Queensland published in the journal Austrobaileya. It was reclassified by Pedley in 1987 as Racosperma eremophiloides then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2001.[2]
It is confined to a small area of South East Queensland in the Bunrett pastoral district. The population is around south west of Gayndah and a similar distance south east from Mundubbera. The population has a range of around and is composed of around 5,000 plants.[3] It is situated within an area of and is found on an among granite outcrop at an altitude of .[1]