Grevillea kennedyana F.Muell.

Diffuse shrub 0.7-2 m high. Leaves often fasciculate, ascending to spreading, entire, linear, 0.7-3.3 cm long, 1.2-2 mm wide, rigid, pungent with long aristate point; upper surface subsericeous becoming sometimes almost glabrous, with midvein evident only as a faint groove; margins angularly revolute against prominent midvein; lower surface 2-grooved. Conflorescence erect, ±sessile, terminal, simple, a loose cluster of c. 8-20-flowers; rachis 2-5 mm long, subsericeous. Flowers abaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth pink, red or orange-red with limb shiny green in bud; style red. Perianth glabrous or with few to many appressed hairs outside, subvillous inside; tepals shortly and independently recurved after anthesis. Pistil 27-31 mm long; stipe 4-5.5 mm long; style exserted in late bud; pollen-presenter very oblique to lateral. Follicles erect, obovoid-ellipsoidal, 15-19 mm long, 5.5-7 mm wide, finely tuberculate to rugulose.

It grows on rocky slopes among other shrubs. It suits arid and semiarid regions. The need a warm sunny position.

The nectar is shaken from the flowers.

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. They also often arise from the woody tuber or suckers. This also occurs after fire.