Grevillea brevifolia, commonly known as Cobberas Grevillea, is a species of the plant genus Grevillea

Grevillea

Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...

. It is native to the states of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 and New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

  in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The red flowers appear between November and December in the species native range. The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller

Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...

 in 1879 in Flora Australiensis

Flora Australiensis

Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian Territory, more commonly referred to as Flora Australiensis, and also known by its standard abbreviation Fl. Austral., is a seven-volume flora of Australia published between 1863 and 1878 by George Bentham, with the assistance of...

, based on a collection from Mount Tambo

Mount Tambo

Mount Tambo is a mountain located to the north-east of Omeo in Victoria, Australia. Its peak is 1430 metres above sea level. It lies within the boundaries of the 6050 hectare Marble Gully - Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve....

 in Victoria. The former subspecies G. brevifolia subsp. polychroma was elevated to species status as Grevillea polychroma

Grevillea polychroma

Grevillea polychroma , commonly known as Tullach Ard Grevillea, is a species of the plant genus Grevillea. It is endemic to the state of Victoria in Australia. The taxon was first formally described as a subspecies of Grevillea brevifolia in 2000. It was promoted to species status in 2005...

in 2005. Grevillea brevifolia is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.