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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Prickly Toothbrushes
| image = Grevillea armigera.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image caption =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Grevillea]]''
| species = '''''G. armigera'''''
| binomial = ''Grevillea armigera''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Meissner|Meisn.]]
}}
'''''Grevillea armigera''''', also known as '''Prickly Toothbrushes''', is an erect shrub or tree which is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the south-west of [[Western Australia]]. The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist [[Carl Meissner]] in 1856.
It is a prickly-leafed shrub which grows to a height of between 1 and 3.6 metres. Its flowers mostly appear from early winter to late summer (June to February in Australia). These are grey, green, or pale yellow (occasionally flushed pink) with contrasting black to blackish maroon styles.
The species occurs in heath or shrubland in the northern wheatbelt region between [[Buntine, Western Australia|Buntine]] and [[Dowerin, Western Australia|Dowerin]].
==References==
*{{APNI | name = ''Grevillea armigera'' Meisn. | id =27535 }}
*{{Flora of Australia Online|name=Grevillea armigera|id=2641}}
*{{FloraBase|name=Grevillea armigera |id=1957}}
[[Category:Grevillea]]
[[Category:Flora of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
{{proteaceae-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Prickly Toothbrushes
| image = Grevillea armigera.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image caption =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Grevillea]]''
| species = '''''G. armigera'''''
| binomial = ''Grevillea armigera''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Meissner|Meisn.]]
}}
'''''Grevillea armigera''''', also known as '''Prickly Toothbrushes''', is an erect shrub or tree which is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the south-west of [[Western Australia]]. The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist [[Carl Meissner]] in 1856.
It is a prickly-leafed shrub which grows to a height of between 1 and 3.6 metres. Its flowers mostly appear from early winter to late summer (June to February in Australia). These are grey, green, or pale yellow (occasionally flushed pink) with contrasting black to blackish maroon styles.
The species occurs in heath or shrubland in the northern wheatbelt region between [[Buntine, Western Australia|Buntine]] and [[Dowerin, Western Australia|Dowerin]].
==References==
*{{APNI | name = ''Grevillea armigera'' Meisn. | id =27535 }}
*{{Flora of Australia Online|name=Grevillea armigera|id=2641}}
*{{FloraBase|name=Grevillea armigera |id=1957}}
[[Category:Grevillea]]
[[Category:Flora of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
{{proteaceae-stub}}