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I found the most common death related flowers were carnations, and gladiolus.. especially in Europe, many countries use one or the other exclusively for funerals and memorials..

friendship is usually daffodils when you check the lists, but more often people would buy chrysanthemum daisies for their friends..

The Symbolic Meaning for Flowers

The rose and several other flowers say I love you to your special Someone. Below are symbolic meanings for several varieties of flowers:

http://www.craftassoc.com/flowers.html

Here is a list of some of the flowers with their meanings:

http://floristmontreal.blogspot.com/2008...

http://marriage.about.com/od/flowers/a/f...



Those dark green leaves are a type of fern

Below are links to sites I keep in favorites, but you should search "meaning of flowers", etc. to find other sites. I could not find a site specifically about flowers that denote death. The lily is the only flower that comes to mind, but I do not know why. I seem to remember a painting of a woman laid out in death as if holding a single lily.

Lillies have lond been regarded as a symbol of death.