Carex unilateralis

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant in the sedge family}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Carex unilateralis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Carex

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Carex sect. Ovales

| species = unilateralis

| authority = Mack.

| synonyms = Carex athrostachya var. unilateralis (Mack.) B.Boivin

}}

Carex unilateralis, the lateral sedge,{{PLANTS|id=CAUN3|taxon=Carex unilateralis|accessdate=27 September 2018}} is a species of sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1922.{{cite web

| url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-231824

| title = Carex unilateralis

| publisher = The Plant List

| year = 2010

| accessdate = 6 December 2014

}} The specific epithet, {{lang|la|unilateralis}}, is derived from Latin and means "one-sided".{{cite book

| last1 = Damrosch

| first1 = Barbara

| authorlink1 = Barbara Damrosch

| last2 = Neal

| first2 = Bill

| title = Gardener's Latin: A Lexicon

| publisher = Algonquin Books

| location = Chapel Hill, N.C

| year = 2003

| isbn = 978-1-56512-743-2

| oclc = 856021571

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-fhjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA129

| access-date = 21 April 2019

| page = 129

}}