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|genus=Grevillea
|familia=Proteaceae
|species=speciosa
|genus=Grevillea
|species=speciosa
|common_name=Red Spider flower
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit=shrub
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381a ISBN 0881925381
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381a ISBN 0881925381
|Min ht box=6
|Max ht box=6
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|Min wd box=5
|Max wd box=5
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|exposure=part-sun
|exposure=part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|features=flowers
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|flowers=red, pink
|flowers=red, pink
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Grevillea speciosa.jpg
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Grevillea speciosa''''', also known as '''Red Spider Flower''', is a [[shrub]] which is endemic to [[New South Wales]] in [[Australia]].
This species is a shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are narrow-obovate to round or elliptic to narrow-elliptic . The flowers which are red, or occasionally pink, appear predominantly from late winter to late spring (August to November in Australia) but appear sporadically throughout the year.
The species occurs in [[Sydney]] and the surrounding area in moist areas within dry [[sclerophyll]] woodland or heathland.
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