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|familia=Proteaceae
 
|genus=Grevillea
 
|genus=Grevillea
 
|species=speciosa
 
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|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
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|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|exposure=part-sun
 
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
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|image=Grevillea speciosa.jpg
 
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'''''Grevillea speciosa''''', also known as '''Red Spider Flower''', is a [[shrub]] which is endemic to [[New South Wales]] in [[Australia]].
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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.
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The species occurs in [[Sydney]] and the surrounding area in moist areas within dry [[sclerophyll]] woodland or heathland.
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==