Grevillea sarissa 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
native to South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 and 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 3.5 metres in height and produces yellow, red or pink flowers between August and December (late winter to early summer) in its native range.

The species was originally described by botanist Spencer Le Marchant Moore

Spencer Le Marchant Moore

Spencer Le Marchant Moore was an English botanist.Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the Natural History Museum from 1896 until his death.Moore is...

, his description published in Journal of the Linnean Society in 1899.

Six subspecies are currently recognised:

• G. sarissa subsp. anfractifolia
• G. sarissa subsp. bicolor
• G. sarissa subsp. rectitepala
• G. sarissa subsp. sarissa
• G. sarissa subsp. succincta
• G. sarissa subsp. umbellifera