Aristea ecklonii (common names: blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, blue corn-lily[2]) is a plant species in the Iridaceae, first described in 1866.

It is native to central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Cameroon and Tanzania.

[1][3][4][5][6] The plant is an evergreen perennial with small, blue flowers, growing in clumps with upright, grass-like leaves 15–18 in (38–46 cm) in height.

[2] It is an invasive species in high mountain forests of Sri Lanka near Nuwara Eliya and Horton Plains,[7][8] in New Zealand where it is listed as a pest species on the NPPA banned list, and also Australia.

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