Medicago intertexta
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Medicago intertexta, the hedgehog medick,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} Calvary clover, or Calvary medick, is a flowering plant of the family Fabaceae. It is found primarily in the western Mediterranean basin. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation.
A form with red-blotched leaves was formerly much grown as a garden plant.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
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External links
- [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/5791.shtml International Legume Database & Information Services]
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Category:Taxa named by Philip Miller
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