{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae}} {{speciesbox |image = Trifolium medium - Niitvälja.jpg |image2 = Bombus terrestris - Trifolium medium - Keila.jpg |genus = Trifolium |species = medium |authority = L. |synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; | *''Trifolium flexuosum'' <small>Jacq.</small> *''Trifolium sarosiense'' <small>Hazsl.</small> }} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-9039 |title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> }} '''''Trifolium medium''''', the '''zigzag clover''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TRME|taxon=Trifolium medium|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref> is a flowering plant species in the bean family Fabaceae. It is similar in appearance to red clover, ''Trifolium pratense'', but the leaflets are narrower and have no white markings and the narrow stipules are not bristle-pointed.<ref name="Blamey">{{cite book|last1=Blamey|first1=M.|last2=Fitter|first2=R.|last3=Fitter|first3=A|year=2003|title=Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora.|publisher=A & C Black|location=London|isbn=978-1408179505|pages=150}}</ref>
The species is native to Europe from Britain to the Caucasus.<ref name="nrmse">{{cite web|url=http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/faba/trifo/trifmedv.jpg|title=Trifolium medium|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717024423/http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/faba/trifo/trifmedv.jpg|archive-date=2006-07-17}}</ref>
{{gallery|mode=packed |Trifolium medium subsp. medium sl7.jpg|The stipules do not have conspicuous veins or a bristle point, unlike in red clover. }}
==References== {{Commons|Trifolium medium}} {{Reflist}}
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medium Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of Norway Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Trifolieae-stub}}