Grevillea ripicola 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 the south west

Southwest Australia

Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...

 region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. It grows to between 0.6 and 2 metres in height and up to 4 metres in width.
The species was first formally described by botanist Alex George

Alex George

Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...

, his description published in Nuytsia

Nuytsia

Nuytsia may refer to:*Nuytsia , the monospecific genus containing the species Nuytsia floribunda, the Western Australian Christmas Tree;*Nuytsia , the journal of the Western Australian Herbarium....

in 1974. It is classified as Priority Four Flora (Rare) under the Wildlife Conservation Act

Wildlife Conservation Act 1950

The Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 is an act of the Western Australian Parliament that provides the statute relating to conservation and legal protection of flora and fauna....

in Western Australia.