Mentzelia micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name San Luis blazingstar.

It grows in several types of mountain slope and hillside habitat, including chaparral and sometimes disturbed areas.

This is an annual herb producing an erect green stem 10 to 80 centimeters in maximum height.

The leaves are toothed or wavy along the edges, the longest in the basal rosette up to 18 centimeters long and those higher on the stem reduced in size.

The fruit is a narrow cylindrical utricle containing several tiny, pyramidal seeds.