Grevillea oleoides, also known as Red Spider Flower is a shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

 which is endemic to 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...

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Description

The species is an erect shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are usually narrow-obovate and occasionally sublinear. 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.

Distribution

The species occurs in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 and the surrounding area in dry sclerophyll

Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is the term for a type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes . The word comes from the Greek sclero and phyllon ....

 woodland or heathland in moist locations near creeks or swamps.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1827 by Franz Sieber

Franz Sieber

Franz Wilhelm Sieber , was a botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Australia.-Early Life:Franz Sieber was born in Prague, on 30 March 1789....

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Synonyms include:

• Grevillea seymouriae Sweet ex Meisn.
• Grevillea oleoides Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. var. oleoides
• Grevillea oleoides Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. subsp. oleoides
• Grevillea speciosa
  Grevillea speciosa
  Grevillea speciosa, also known as Red Spider Flower, is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.-Description:This species is a shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are narrow-obovate to round or elliptic to narrow-elliptic...
  
  subsp. oleoides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) McGill.