A large prehistoric fern that grows in shady valleys, where the humidity rate is very high and subtropical climatic conditions occur.
The Kochia saxiloca is a rare botanical species which has linked its name to Ischia since its discovery, 166 years ago.
The imagination of the contemporary traveler gets lost in the alleys, after crossing Piazza del Plebiscito, touching the Royal Palace, the San Carlo Theater, and Via Toledo, aiming here and there at the surprising green patches of Capodimonte, the vegetable gardens and the Posillipine parks and the coastal cliffs of yellow tuff.