Grevillea ilicifolia (R.Br.) R.Br.

Prostrate to erect shrub 0.3-2.0 m high, to 3 m across. Leaves very variable, 2-11 cm long, 25-60 (-105) mm wide, ovate to obovate in outline, often markedly cuneate in basal half, either toothed subapically with several triangular teeth (some secondary), or shallowly to very deeply lobed to first or second order, rarely entire and elliptic; primary lobes or teeth 2-13; ultimate lobes triangular to oblong, ovate, or occasionally linear and then usually wavy, 0.7-5 cm long, 0.8-8 mm wide, usually pungent; margins shortly recurved or sometimes revolute; lower surface subsericeous with straight hairs or densely pubescent-tomentose with twisted or curled hairs, mostly enclosed on very narrow lobes (c. 1 mm wide). Unit conflorescence erect or decurved, secund; floral rachis 20-50 mm long. Flower colour: perianth basally green to cream, usually grey to mauve above; style pink to red, occasionally orange or pale yellow, with a green tip. Perianth openly subsericeous outside, occasionally densely so or tomentose or glabrous. Pistil 19.5-25 mm long; ovary stipitate; style glabrous. Follicle 10.5-16.5 mm long, subsericeous or tomentose.

It grows in warm temperate regions. It can grow in the subtropics. It suits semiarid places. It needs well drained soil. It can grow in full sun or light shade. It can stand light frosts. It suits hardiness zones 8-10.

The plant is grown from seed. The seeds need pretreatment. It can also be grown from cuttings.