The Bluebell Creeper, Billardiera heterophylla, was formerly known as Sollya heterophylla. The plant is a native to Western Australia, and is now considered naturalized in south-eastern NSW, and is considered a weed in Victoria and South Australia. It is considered to have escaped from gardens and is now widespread throughout forests and shrublands.

Bluebell Creeper may be found as a twining creeper, prostrate, or a rounded shrub. Leaves are bright green, about 50 mm long. The bell shaped flowers are 10 mm long, occurring in summer. Flowers usually deep blue, but can also be white or pink. The greenish-blue fruits are about 20 mm long, cylindrical in shape and contain many sticky seeds.

Bluebell Creeper can be eradicated by hand removal, if entire root system is removed. It can also be poison with cut & paste or drill & fill methods, or sprayed with herbicide.

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Sources:

National Herbarium of NSW: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Billardiera~heterophylla

Victorian Department of Primary Industries: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/lwm_pest_plants_bluebell_creeper

South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/southeast-bcp/pdfs/sollya-factsheet.pdf

Australian Native Plants Society: http://anpsa.org.au/s-het.html