Dartichoke

Dartichoke is a premium plant that was released in the 7.9.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It costs 225 sun and its ability allows it to fire artichoke spines at zombies, however it can only fire a limited amount and needs to recharge after firing the max amount of spines. It takes 8 seconds to reload its darts.

Dartichoke's spines prioritizes curtain zombies in a similar manner to Witch Hazel prioritizing Wizard Zombies, these zombies are:
 * All-Star Zombie
 * Explorer Zombie
 * Fisherman Zombie
 * Octo Zombie
 * Pirate Captain Zombie
 * Prospector Zombie
 * Roman Healer Zombie
 * Treasure Yeti
 * Wizard Zombie

Origins
It is based on a globe artichoke, more commonly known as an artichoke, a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food.

Its name is a portmanteau of "dart," referring to the projectiles that it fires, and "artichoke," the real-life plant it is based on.

Plant Food effect
When given Plant Food, it spins and shoots blue darts that deal critical damage to a multitude of zombies on the lawn.

Spear-mint effect
When boosted by Spear-mint, Dartichoke will receive an additional 210 DPS to its main attack along with its Critical Damage darts, its chance to fire a critical dart will also increase.

Trivia

 * Its artichoke darts do not target obstacles.
 * Despite its Arena Season coming after Ultomato's, it is before Ultomato in the almanac.