The linear leaves or lobes are sharply-pointed, the edges rolled under obscuring most of the lower surface.

[3][4] Grevillea hookeriana was first formally described in 1845 by Carl Meissner in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Swan River.

[15] Hooker's grevillea is widespread in the south-west of Western Australia, where it grows in heath or shrubland, mainly between Three Springs, Mount Churchman (near Karroun Hill Nature Reserve), Coolgardie and Katanning.

[1] All three subspecies are listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[17] It requires good drainage and prefers a sunny or partially shaded position and has moderate frost resistance.