Medicago intertexta

Medicago intertexta, the hedgehog medick,^[1] 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.

Medicago intertexta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Medicago
Species:	M. intertexta
Binomial name
Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill.

A form with red-blotched leaves was formerly much grown as a garden plant.^{[citation needed]}

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