Mentzelia veatchiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Veatch's blazingstar.

It is native to the western United States from Oregon and southern Idaho, south through California and Arizona, to northwestern Mexico in Baja California and Sonora.

It grows in many types of habitat, from grassland to chaparral scrub, woodland, and deserts, mostly below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) elevation.

[1][2] Mentzelia veatchiana is a branched hairy annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 45 centimeters.

The fruit is a utricle roughly 1 to 3 centimeters long which contains many tiny angular seeds.