Also known as the "Flower of the Dead". The Cempasuchil is a marigold.
he celebration of Day of the Dead in November 1st and 2nd in Mexico can be as simple as to light some candles at home to remember the loves ones who have died, visit them in the cemetery clean the tombs and bring them flowers the most popular cempasuchil (marygold) which is a flower originally from Mexico, candies like charamuscas and some food, or set up an altar either at home or in public spaces dedicated to artists or Nacional Heroes.
Some of them include:Flor de Nochebuena / Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)Cempasuchil / Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta)All kinds of Dahlia plants, the Mexican national flowerFlor de Jamaica / Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
yellowish, orangish flowers
The Flower of the dead is called Cempasuchil or Cempaxochitl, which means "twenty flowers" in the Aztec language, Nahuatl. In English it is called Mexican marigold, and its scientific name is Tagetes erecta.
It depends on where the flowers are being delivered to. If at work, then it is the amount and the type (to show off to the coworkers). If it is at home, then it's the color and the smell.
White
White.
Pigments in the flowers
red
Yellow !
Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers.