 It is named after the town of Steiglitz, Victoria.At Brisbane Ranges National Park west of Melbourne, which was invaded by "Phytophthora cinnamomi" in the 1970s, "Grevillea steiglitziana" (along with such species as "Banksia marginata") was part of a secondary regrowth of understory species after more resistant shrubs such as grasses and sedges had grown back.The species is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria".