Grevillea epicroca
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Grevillea epicroca is a shrub species that is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales
New South Wales
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 in Australia
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. It grows up to 2.5 metres high and produces clusters of red flowers between November and May in the species native range. It was first formally described by Val Stajsic and Bill Molyneux
Bill Molyneux
Bill Molyneux is an Australian horticulturist and author who has researched and developed many popular cultivars of Australian plants, including Banksia 'Birthday Candles', and Isopogon 'Woorikee 2000'.He has also written books for the Australian garden...

, their description published in Flora of Australia
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in 2000.

The species occurs on rocky escarpments in moist forest to the west of Moruya, New South Wales.
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