Grevillea nivea is a dense shrub that typically grows to high and wide with spreading to erect branches. The leaves are erect, long and deeply divided with nine to fifteen lobes long, the lobes sometimes further divided, the end lobes linear, long, wide with the edges rolled under, enclosing most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged on or near the ends of branches, in clusters long on one side of the rachis, the clusters sometimes branched, the flowers red to dark red, and the pistil long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a follicle long.
