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Medicago intertexta, the hedgehog medick, 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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Calvary medic en Hedgehog medick en Calvary medick en Hedgehog clover
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