Medicago intertexta

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|genus = Medicago

|species = intertexta

|authority = (L.) Mill.

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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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