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La Florida is a municipality in the Nariño Department. It was
founded on 11 November 1820 by Juan Meneses.
The flag of La Florida is vertically divided green-yellow-green
with red lozenge at the center in which there is stylized Red
Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia sanguinea).
Source: municipal
web site
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carrillo, 12 August
2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"Used as the current symbol of the municipality, the flag
shows colours representing the historical nature and the feelings
of the people:
- Green: Hope and rich natural environment of La Florida;
- Yellow: Cultural light, knowledge and fraternity;
- White: Purity, generous heart and values of the villagers;
The "floripundia" flower is the municipal flower.
The red lozenge represents geometrical construction and balance
and the dimesions of the economical, political, environmental,
cultural... developemnt.
The vertical stripes represents equality in human and
institutional relationships.
The flag was designed by Néstor Aurelio Muñoz."
The genus Brugmansia (Family Solanaceae)
encompasses six species native from subtropical South America. As
opposed to the related Datura species, the Brugmansia
are woody perennials. B. sanguinea (Ruiz &
Pav.) D. Don, known as the red angel's trumpet, is found in
Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Very toxic, like Datura, Brugmansia
was used as a shamanic and cosmologic plant by several South
American native peoples.
Ivan Sache, 28 August 2008
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image from municipal
web site