The lettuce variety Nascent is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue and harvested products as well as to hybrid lettuce plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of Nascent with other lettuce plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of Nascent and to plants of Nascent reproduced by vegetative reproduction methods including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from Nascent.