It is a spreading to erect shrub with linear leaves, and clusters of white to pale pink flowers with a strongly hooked style.

Flowering occurs from September to February and the fruit is a glabrous follicle 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long.

[8] In 2000, Robert Owen Makinson described two subspecies of G. neurophylla in the Flora of Australia and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census: Grevillea neurophylla grows in forest or woodland, often in gullies in rocky places near creeks and is found south from the Brindabella Valley and the Australian Capital Territory to eastern Victoria.

neurophylla and usually grows at much lower altitudes, often in the flood zone of permanent rivers.

[10][14][11][15][12] Both subspecies of G. neurophylla are listed as "endangered" under the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988[11][15] and as "rare in Victoria" in the Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria 2014.