Blue stars (Aristea ecklonii) has escaped cultivation in Australia, and is an emerging weed of roadsides, waterways (i.e. riparian vegetation), disturbed bushland and open woodlands near urban areas (particularly around Melbourne and Sydney). On the central coast of New South Wales it is a weed of disturbed woodlands. Note there is a record at Western Lake Macquarie on the Australian Virtual herbarium https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=Aristea+ecklonii+AND+cl1048%3A%22Sydney+Basin%22#tab_mapView
Because it can grow in the shade and has the potential to produce a dense ground cover under native forest or shrubland thus preventing regeneration of the native plants. Thus it belongs to a new dangerous class of shade-tolerant invasive species
Read More at https://springbrookrescue.org.au/AristeaEcklonii.htmlÂ
If you see this plant growing in a natural area, contact your local weeds officer or Landcare.